August 28, 2020
The Collapsing Arab Consensus and Options for the Palestinian Leadership
Yousef Munayyer argues that Palestinians cannot rely on outside actors to help them in their struggle, and that their leadership must harness or rebuild endogenous popular mobilization efforts and institutions to move forward on claiming...
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Egypt’s Counterterrorism Strategy in Sinai: Challenges and Failures
Looking at Egypt’s counterterrorism strategy against the Sinai insurgency, Khalil al-Anani writes that it is counterproductive and creates fertile ground for extremists to flourish, recruit new members, and challenge the state.
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After the Beirut Blast: Hezbollah and Iran Walk a Tricky Line
Daniel Brumberg argues that Hezbollah and Iran are vested in preserving the current political system in Lebanon whose confessional institutions enable the party to assert its supremacy over other equally sectarian political elites.
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How Can the United States Best Help Lebanon?
With Lebanon in crisis and the United States’ desire to help, Charles W. Dunne writes that Washington’s focus on sidelining Hezbollah and Iran should not undermine its efforts to encourage deep and lasting reforms in...
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Loss of a Generation: The Education of Syria’s Refugee Children
Yara M. Asi reports that almost ten years of homelessness, poverty, and trauma have deprived millions of Syria’s children and youth—displaced inside the country or made refugees outside it—of their basic right to a good...
Learn more »August 19, 2020
Riyadh Agreement 2.0 Changes Nothing in Yemen
Nabeel Khoury contends that the lack of trust between Yemen’s Hadi government and southern secessionists is likely to at least delay the implementation of the November 2019 Riyadh Agreement, if not thwart it entirely.
Learn more »August 18, 2020
Despite Some Progress, Sudan’s Transition Faces Mounting Hurdles
Gregory Aftandilian states that although the government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has instituted a number of political and social reforms, Sudan’s democratic transition is still facing numerous hurdles, including renewed violence in Darfur.
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The UAE-Israel Deal that Keeps Peace Away
The UAE-Israel agreement to normalize bilateral relations serves immediate political purposes for the Israeli prime minister and President Donald Trump without advancing the cause of peace or addressing the rights of the Palestinian people. Read...
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